Attract, Prepare, Retain Resource Database

This interactive map provides examples of programs and initiatives across the country that aim to improve systems for attracting, preparing, and retaining educators.

In 2017, seventeen states submitted their Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plans. This page, from the American Institutes for Research, provides an overview of ten overarching ways in which these seventeen ESSA plans address critical teacher shortage areas.

This resource collection highlights reports, briefs, videos and infographics produced by the American Institutes for Research on trends, projections and research on critical teacher shortages in the United States.

This report, from the National Center for the Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research (CALDER) examines data surrounding teacher preparation experiences and workforce entry of graduates of special education teacher education programs in Washington.

This report summarizes the research findings on the funding systems for education in South Dakota and offers a set of recommendations to address the recruitment and retention of educators in the state. Recommendations include models for expanding funding as well as strategies related to licensure reciprocity and educator induction.

This report, written in collaboration between the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Learning Policy Institute, examines root causes, policy implications, and strategies for addressing teacher shortages in Pennsylvania. This report highlights specific challenges surrounding and strategies for addressing special education shortages in the state.

This study examines trends in the educator pipeline, certification, and mobility by subject area in order to calculate projections for future educator workforce demands in Oklahoma. Specifically, this study projects an increase in educator certification in areas related to serving students with special needs.

This report presents overviews and policy implications and examines the effectiveness of five “Grow-Your-Own” (GYO) programs in the State of Maine. This report highlights the success of these five programs on teacher placement and retention in special education in particular.

This report analyzes teacher shortage data in Illinois, including longitudinal data that demonstrates critical shortage areas, and identifies promising approaches to alleviating shortages in these areas, such as special education.

This report investigates the effects of Florida's Statewide program designed to increase the supply of teachers in designated "hard-to-staff" areas, such as special education.

This report highlights data on the teacher workforce in the State of California. This includes an examination of the trends in areas of critical shortage, such as special education, and how these trends vary by location and student population.

This interactive map provides a district-level analysis of the teacher supply and demand in California, examining indicators such as percent of beginning teachers, percent of teachers of color, certification program enrollment, and attrition rate.

This research report from the Learning Policy Institute presents an overview of special education shortages in California. This report examines possible root causes and key challenges of the shortage and offers policy considerations and potential solutions.

This infographic presents a current overview of educator retention and turnover in the State of Alaska.

This policy analysis, produced in collaboration with the New Teacher Center, summarizes State policy context in all 50 states related to how educators are prepared and continuously supported to serve the needs of students with disabilities.